Pattern of the Tribal Administration System

Abstract

Peace and progress on the Frontier were of little concern to the men who ruled India. Security was the all-important objective. D.G. Tendulkar Very little is known about tribal areas adjoining North-West Frontier Province of former British India and now Pakistan and its way of life, especially in the outside world, particularly about its mores and goods, people and their way of life, beliefs and ideals, and the way in which the administrative apparatus operates and works. For judicious and proper understanding and comprehension of the pattern of the tribal administration system a thorough knowledge of its historical background, constitutional and legal status and position, and the allembracing facets of the tribal society and the people is essential.